Fence



(No Model.)

G. B'SING.

FENCE.

Patented. May; 18,A 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

GERHARD BSING, OF NEV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.342,282, dated May 18,1886.

Application filed February 8,1886. Serial No. 191.?39. (Nomodel.)

.To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GERHARD BsINor', a resident ofthe city of NewOrleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Division-Fences, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in a fence for dividing theparty-lines of lots in cities; and the objects of my invention are,first, to provide a means by which there are no fenceposts required,second, to afford facilities by which the fence will not be liable todeterioration or decay by reason of dalnpness, Src., acting on partsgenerally placed in the ground; third, to provide a means by which thedividing-fence between parties will occupy the least possible portionofthe ground; fourth, to provide a means by which the base of my fence,which is of artificial stone, will form the side of a gutter fordraining the yard or lot. I attain these objects by the devicesillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is asection of my improved fence, showing the same anchored to the side ofthe house on one of the lots which it divides. Fig.

` 2 is a section showing the fence placed on a line of lots where thereare no houses and anchcred from the ground. Fig. 3 is a side elevation;Fig. 4, a plan View. Fig. 5 is an enlarged section of base of felice.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

An artificial stone, S, about two and onehalf inches wide, nine inchesdeep, and thirtysix inches long, is placed about six inches in theground on the line of division of lots. This stone S is provided with ahole in center of same, with square recess on bottom side to receive thebolt h, which secures the wooden base b to the stone S, as shown. Thetop of the artificial stone is also provided with the hal f-roundprojection p, to tinto acorresponding groove made in wooden base b, tomaintain the base b in position. The wooden base b is secured to theartificial stone S, as shown, and receives the boards o of the fence,which are maintained in position on the base Z) by the molding m,secured on either side of the boards o to the base b, as shown. To thetop of boards o, which may be of any height desired, is secured the capc, which is grooved out to receive the boards o, as shown. rlhis cap cis beveled to shed the water, and finished off with molding, as may bedesired. Vhen the fence is placed a short distance from the side of thehouse, the fence is anchored by placing rods r from the side of house tocap c, as shown in Fig. l. Vhen the fence is placed so that it cannot beanchored from the house, a brick pier, l?, is placed on one side, and ashort distance from the fence, and a rod, d, is secured to the brickpier P and to the cap c of the fence, as shown in Fig. 2, which bracesand maintains the fence in position.

Having thus describcd'iny invention of an improved division-fence, Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In adivision-fence, the combination of the articial stone S, provided withthe projection p, with the base b, bolt h, molding m, boards o, cap c,and a brace-rod, all substantially as set forth, and for the purposesspecified.

GERHARD BSING.

